I cannot believe the Golden Globes are back. How did this happen? Last year, a Los Angeles Times investigation revealed the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s gift-expecting, early-access-demanding, pay-to-play approach to its awards and lack of any Black members. Everyone was outraged. Publicists threatened a massive boycott, Tom Cruise said he would return his statuary. NBC dumped the 2022 telecast.
Now, a year later, the Globes are back, announcing their nominations on live TV at the West Coast-obnoxious time of 5:45 a.m. Monday. And within minutes, nominated studios, producers and a few stars were dutifully expressing their gratitude.
I am not going to mention any of the nominations because they are pretty much what you would expect if, say, you had only watched the films and series that critics claimed had awards buzz.
